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Info Chachkie
infochachkie.com · Personal blog · on HN since 2008
Info Chachkie is a blog on entrepreneurship, covering startup negotiation, intellectual property, advisors and equity.
What HN saysHN commenters link it for startup advice, such as why entrepreneurs' resumes mislead, fast followers, and joining a startup with equity.
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Most-shared posts
- 1Intellectual Property - Worthless To A Startup, Priceless To A Big Dumb Company2 people · 18 points · first shared 2010 · 2 comments on HN
- 2Entreprenurial Negotiating Tactics2 people · 18 points · first shared 2008 · 5 comments on HN
- 3Inventor or Innovator - Are Both True Entrepreneurs?2 people · 14 points · first shared 2008 · 4 comments on HN
- 4Startups Should Never Complete A Request For Proposal2 people · 12 points · first shared 2009 · discussion on HN
- 5Ten Startup Tips From Amazon Founder, Jeff Bezos2 people · 10 points · first shared 2011 · 1 comments on HN
- 6Identifying Effective Startup Advisors2 people · 10 points · first shared 2008 · 3 comments on HN
- 7Pawn Stars Teaches Entrepreneurs How To Not Negotiate2 people · 9 points · first shared 2011 · 3 comments on HN
- 8Why Most Business Books Suck - The Author's Dilemma2 people · 9 points · first shared 2008 · 1 comments on HN
- 9Startup Thought Leaders With The Most Authentic Twitter Followers2 people · 5 points · first shared 2012 · discussion on HN
- 10Starting Up In A Downturn - 10 Reasons To Start A Company In An Economic Downturn2 people · 4 points · first shared 2009 · discussion on HN
- 11Why Most Small Business Consultants Suck2 people · 4 points · first shared 2008 · 1 comments on HN
- 12A Dozen Dirty Teaming Lessons Culled From The Dirty Dozen2 people · 4 points · first shared 2008 · discussion on HN
- 13Fitch To Fulton - The First Mover Disadvantage2 people · 3 points · first shared 2009 · discussion on HN
- 14Joining A Startup2 people · 3 points · first shared 2008 · discussion on HN
- 15What’s Your Tribal Role At Your Startup?2 people · 3 points · first shared 2012 · discussion on HN
What HN people wrote when they linked it
mollylynn · 2012-04-04
I totally disagree. "Accomplishments" are what you rely on when hiring someone for a big company. When hiring entrepreneurs, their resumes are often misleading / worthless.
See this article for a more complete discussion of this thought: http://infochachkie.com/hiring/
Steko · 2011-08-03
Ok so I'll cite some supporting evidence:
http://infochachkie.com/fast-followers-i/
"Whenever creating an imitation of a successful leader, great care must be taken to avoid outright intellectual property infringement; the closer the duplication, the greater the care which must be exercised. MGA Entertainment (MGA), which produced the Bratz dolls, learned this the hard way. Late in 2008, U.S. Courts forced MGA to cease and desist in the manufacture of the dolls. A jury deemed that the creator of Bratz, Carter Bryant, devised the idea while he was an employee at Mattel. In the Spring of 2009, a U.S. Court of Appeals upheld the jury decision, mandating that the intellectual property associated with Bratz dolls was the sole property of Mattel."
ganjianwei · 2012-02-19
If you're joining a startup or a company where you're offered equity as part of your compensation package, spend some time to understand what it means. You don't have to be an expert at it, but a couple of hours of learning here could go a long way, plus that knowledge is likely to be useful again.
There's a pretty good write up at http://infochachkie.com/options/
Compensation is not everything, and for most startups the expected value of your options == $0, but you should still understand what you're getting or giving up so you can make a sound decision.
cgherb911 · 2009-08-21
Here's some blog entries that may help:
http://www.infochachkie.com/joining-an-adventure/
http://www.infochachkie.com/options/